Page 108 of Warrior Unraveled

“Thank you.” She pulled her cell phone from her pocket and pressed the only number that was programmed into it.

It rang once, then the call was answered. “Virginia, it’s Logan.”

“Listen carefully, I need you to act quickly.” She hoped it wasn’t already too late. “The council members’ cell phones have been compromised. That’s how they got to Deirdre. They used Cinead’s cell phone to send her a message. She was on her way to his compound in Northern California.”

“Fuck!” Logan cursed. “Is he okay?”

“I think so. But I haven’t been able to confirm it. It’s too risky to go there now. We were able to intercept Deirdre before she got anywhere close to his compound, but the demons attacked.”

“Shit! What happened?”

“I’ll fill you in later. But I need you to do something right now. The cell phones. The demons who attacked the council compound got a hold of Cinead’s. We have to assume that they may also have the other members’ phones. Any number that was programmed into those devices is compromised. They need to be disconnected. You need to contact every compound and have them set up new secure lines for everybody affected. Can you do that?”

“We’ll get right on it.”

“Is my line safe?”

“It probably is, but we can’t be a hundred percent sure. Is there another number we can reach you at?”

She glanced at Samson, who nodded immediately. “Samson, the owner of Scanguards, will give you a secure number in a minute. I’ll be at Scanguards headquarters within an hour. Once our communication lines are secure again, I need to talk to Cinead and the other council members. Thanks, Logan.”

She handed the phone to Samson and turned to look back at Wesley. Haven was lifting him up.

“Where are you taking him?”

“We’ll transport him back to HQ in one of the vans.” He motioned to the large vans parked behind the demons’ truck.

“And the cars? We can’t leave them here and block the street. The police—”

“It’s in hand,” Haven interrupted. “Our guys will drive the cars back the HQ.”

“Okay.” Her gaze drifted to Deirdre. John and Zane were lifting her up and carrying her away. Her heart constricted. Deirdre had sacrificed her life for Virginia’s.

“We’ll know soon if the turning is taking,” Haven said as if he sensed her unspoken question.

She looked at him. “I hope she’ll forgive me when she wakes up.”

“Forgive you?”

“Deirdre hated… uh hates, vampires. She, like so many of us, believed that there was no honor, no good in them.” She dropped her lids, ashamed that she had made those assumptions without knowing all the facts, without even meeting a vampire face to face. “We didn’t know any better.”

“She’ll find out very soon that we’re not so different from your kind. We fight for those we love just as fiercely as you do.” Haven looked down at his brother as he carried him toward the van. “No matter what species they are, witch, vampire, human, or Stealth Guardian. Love connects us.”

Hope spread in her chest. “It makes us family.”